Roy Gill
@roygill.bsky.social
Writes things, sometimes involving a blue box. Likes books, dogs and vinyl 🏳️🌈
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Roy Gill
@roygill.bsky.social
· Sep 19
The Eighth Doctor v Zygons! 📣 Click https://bgfn.sh/8zygons to read all about December's forthcoming adventure. 📣 Paul McGann! 📣 Nicola Walker! 📣 Hattie Morahan! 📣 It's about time!
Really happy to say I have a new Doctor Who audio adventure in this set, out in December - “Lure of the Zygons”! Mysterious Spaceships and Shapeshifting Monsters! 2 parts/2 hours! I hope you’ll give it a listen…
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"Not so very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway..." Ivor the Engine puffed back onto TV in a new series of colour episodes starting #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed co-creators Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin (Ivor background artwork on wall).
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"Not so very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway..." Ivor the Engine puffed back onto TV in a new series of colour episodes starting #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed co-creators Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin (Ivor background artwork on wall).
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‘Magical’: how I taught Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing like folk troubadours in The History of Sound
‘Magical’: how I taught Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing like folk troubadours in The History of Sound
Singer-songwriter Sam Amidon had just three weeks to make the two stars sound like seasoned balladeers. He recalls their charged harmonies in the little shed at the bottom of his garden
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January 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM
‘Magical’: how I taught Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing like folk troubadours in The History of Sound
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🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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490: Catastrophea
Under the microscope today is a novel by the godfather of Doctor Who fiction, Mr Terrance Dicks.
Today, Catastrophea, his Third Doctor and Jo Past Doctor Adventure for BBC Books, is examined.
We're de
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January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...
We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...
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Next Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Next Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
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I am over the moon to be playing the role of Bernadette in Ian Winterton’s full cast audio drama of Ramsey Campbell’s folk horror ‘The Hungry Moon’
Stars Colin Baker
Peter Davison, Jemma Moore, Louise Jameson, Mina Anwar
Produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social
#audiodrama
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Stars Colin Baker
Peter Davison, Jemma Moore, Louise Jameson, Mina Anwar
Produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social
#audiodrama
payhip.com/b/SrbiG
Ramsey Campbell's THE HUNGRY MOON - full cast audio drama starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Louise Jameson and Jemma Moore
In association with Bleak December, Room 5064 are proud to present their full cast audio adaptation of Ramsey Campbell's acclaimed folk horror novel.Starring: Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Louise Jameso...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am over the moon to be playing the role of Bernadette in Ian Winterton’s full cast audio drama of Ramsey Campbell’s folk horror ‘The Hungry Moon’
Stars Colin Baker
Peter Davison, Jemma Moore, Louise Jameson, Mina Anwar
Produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social
#audiodrama
payhip.com/b/SrbiG
Stars Colin Baker
Peter Davison, Jemma Moore, Louise Jameson, Mina Anwar
Produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social
#audiodrama
payhip.com/b/SrbiG
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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I have painted
you an orc
that was in
a dreamworld
and which
you were probably
saving yourself
from knowing about
Forgive me
you are delicious
I, shy
and not bold
you an orc
that was in
a dreamworld
and which
you were probably
saving yourself
from knowing about
Forgive me
you are delicious
I, shy
and not bold
OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I have painted
you an orc
that was in
a dreamworld
and which
you were probably
saving yourself
from knowing about
Forgive me
you are delicious
I, shy
and not bold
you an orc
that was in
a dreamworld
and which
you were probably
saving yourself
from knowing about
Forgive me
you are delicious
I, shy
and not bold
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I often hear people say Burns doesn’t do it for them (often based on ‘To a Haggis’ or the first line of ‘To a Mouse’; I thought I’d share my favourite ‘Is There For Honest Poverty’: you are not what you earn or who your parents are but what’s inside the heart.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I often hear people say Burns doesn’t do it for them (often based on ‘To a Haggis’ or the first line of ‘To a Mouse’; I thought I’d share my favourite ‘Is There For Honest Poverty’: you are not what you earn or who your parents are but what’s inside the heart.
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“On the dirt roads of Arkansas I first met Robert Burns…”
Currently on the BBC iPlayer: writer, poet, & activist Dr Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to the home of Robert Burns (originally broadcast in 1996 to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death)
#BurnsNight #C18
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Currently on the BBC iPlayer: writer, poet, & activist Dr Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to the home of Robert Burns (originally broadcast in 1996 to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death)
#BurnsNight #C18
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Angelou on Burns
Writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“On the dirt roads of Arkansas I first met Robert Burns…”
Currently on the BBC iPlayer: writer, poet, & activist Dr Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to the home of Robert Burns (originally broadcast in 1996 to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death)
#BurnsNight #C18
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Currently on the BBC iPlayer: writer, poet, & activist Dr Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to the home of Robert Burns (originally broadcast in 1996 to mark the bicentenary of Burns’s death)
#BurnsNight #C18
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Lost Robert Burns portrait discovered after 200 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lost Robert Burns portrait discovered after 200 years
The rediscovered portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn was found in an auction house following a house clearance last March.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Lost Robert Burns portrait discovered after 200 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Last week no living person had seen a #kakapo lay an egg. Now you can watch it on our webcam: Rakiura laid her second today (15:01 on 25/1/2025). She'll probably lay another in 3 days' time. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...
January 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Last week no living person had seen a #kakapo lay an egg. Now you can watch it on our webcam: Rakiura laid her second today (15:01 on 25/1/2025). She'll probably lay another in 3 days' time. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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Hilda Ogden and the Test Card Curtains
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Hilda Ogden and the Test Card Curtains
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I’m Scottish but I am not this Scottish.
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’m Scottish but I am not this Scottish.
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I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed
January 24, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed
I’ve had this tape ‘Space Adventures’ - that compiles stock music used in 60s Doctor Who - for ages, was given it by a friend in the late 90s. Does anyone know if this is how it was distributed by DWAS - on a Maxell ‘blank’? The example on discogs has printed labels.
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I’ve had this tape ‘Space Adventures’ - that compiles stock music used in 60s Doctor Who - for ages, was given it by a friend in the late 90s. Does anyone know if this is how it was distributed by DWAS - on a Maxell ‘blank’? The example on discogs has printed labels.
Great interview, this, with a director I haven’t really heard much interviewed before: eloquent on the differences/constraints/possibilities inherent in making (Smith era) Who compared with other television…
🎥NEW EPISODE!🎥
We're joined by Saul Metzstein as we continue to talk to the Scots who have made #DoctorWho.
With five Matt Smith episodes under his belt, he has also worked on #SlowHorses.
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We're joined by Saul Metzstein as we continue to talk to the Scots who have made #DoctorWho.
With five Matt Smith episodes under his belt, he has also worked on #SlowHorses.
on.soundcloud.com/vaVx9gxLYuOQ...
489: Better Call Saul Metzstein!
Our new irregular series speaking to the Scots who've made Doctor Who on TV continues.
We're today joined by Saul Metzstein, who directed five of Matt Smith's stories in Series 7, as well as three of
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January 24, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Great interview, this, with a director I haven’t really heard much interviewed before: eloquent on the differences/constraints/possibilities inherent in making (Smith era) Who compared with other television…
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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That the internet has delivered unto us this emergent micro-genre of dance is proof that it hasn’t been a complete waste of time
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
That the internet has delivered unto us this emergent micro-genre of dance is proof that it hasn’t been a complete waste of time
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"Wooly Winter Plumage," drawn in February 2022 and reposted today for obvious reasons.
January 23, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Wooly Winter Plumage," drawn in February 2022 and reposted today for obvious reasons.
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Tom Baker returns to Baker Street? How wonderfully irregular! www.kickstarter.com/projects/152...
SIR SHERLOCK - The Red Letter Day
The beginning of a brand-new, full-cast audio series and novellas, starring Tom Baker MBE and John Leeson as Holmes and Watson.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Tom Baker returns to Baker Street? How wonderfully irregular! www.kickstarter.com/projects/152...
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Beautiful.
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Beautiful.